Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray DVD player. Preview

A much anticipated release from the driving force behind Blu-ray. No UK release date available yet for Sony's first domestic Blu-ray player (not including the PS3). US debut is likely this January and April/May 2007 for the European market. Expected price US$1000, £800

Only scant information available at present but initial specs revealed are;

Video features

Featuring 1080p (progressive) video output through a HDMI connection, the S1 will also up-convert your standard DVDs and output to 1080p.

Full BD Java Interactivity

MPEG3 and JPEG playback from DVD

Audio features

Uncompressed Multi Channel Linear PCM Output

Dolby Digital Plus (Dolby Digital audio stream only), Dolby TrueHD (Dolby Digital audio stream only) dts-HD (dts audio stream only) Digital Out and decoding capability

Dolby Digital and dts 5.1channel Output

Multi Channel 192KHz/24bit Audio D/A Converters

No availability in the UK at present.

Try this eBay link for New and Used BDP S1s .

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